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Roma set to snare Beast Friday 18 July, 2008
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Roma are close to agreeing a deal for Real Madrid man Julio Baptista, while Ludovic Giuly is closing in on PSG.
The Giallorossi are looking for a new striker and have seen advances for Adrian Mutu, Vincenzo Iaquinta and Antonio Di Natale rebuffed.
It now seems that they will complete a swoop for Brazilian ace Julio Baptista, who is unsettled at Real Madrid.
Talks with the Merengues are progressing as Coach Bernd Schuster has made it clear that ‘The Beast’ doesn’t feature in his plans.
Real have put a £12m price tag on Baptista – nearly £4m less than they paid Sevilla for him in the summer of 2005.
Agent Herminio Menendez is in China on business at the moment, but it is believed that Baptista is demanding the same wage that he commanded in Spain – around £1.6m per year.
This equates to a greater sum in Italy due to the higher rate of tax, but it should fall within the capital club’s parameters.
However, with French winger Giuly set to quit the club, the Lupi are looking for two new players and may be reluctant to spend their entire budget on one man.
Sources suggest that they may propose paying £2.3m to take Baptista on loan for the year with an option to buy him permanently for £8m in the summer of 2009.
The extra money that Real are demanding may be paid in instalments on the condition that Roma qualify for the Champions League over the next two seasons.
A similar deal was successfully agreed for the signature of Brazilian defender Cicinho from Real last summer.
Reports suggest that Giuly could complete his switch to Ligue 1 underachievers PSG within the next 24 hours.
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the good vibe
as i posted on the other thread
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glad to see a good progress, the wages are in the "stingy cap" of ours too tho i am a bit against the "loan" part.real are sneaky bastards and they could pull the ddr factor on us.
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i know he was a misfit in his time at la liga so far but so is cici, but he turned out well.and i belive both of them can make it work here wth us.
it would be an icing on the cake if we are able to some how bring on rosina too, no matter on the time limit.its either january(the mon will turn red) or next season.some how i feel he will move to another club.